Lyft in NYC is such a shit show. First they refused to follow the rules that Uber was smart enough to follow (every driver has to be registered with the TLC, and Uber often pays for that registration for Uber-exclusive drivers, at least in the early days, mind you, Uber also maintains its own livery companies for its drivers to be under, Hinter, Weiter, Schlinkel, etc.), then they finally do a mea culpa, but realize very quickly that they didn't have enough licensed drivers (Uber smartly partnered with existing liveries for the black cars early on while it built out its Uber X line).

THEN they launch, but have no cars, have insane surge pricing - you can't apply a free trip to a the tip pricing, the app doesn't make it clear how much extra you'll pay with the surge stuff.

Oh, and the drivers from what I'm hearing (and my one experience) are seriously lackluster.

Fail. Total fail. Uber FTW.